1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Leargán Buidhe (C.)

School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 418

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 418

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Leargán Buidhe (C.)
  2. XML Page 418
  3. XML “Old Crafts”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Crafts (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    limekiln on most farms. The lime was used for manuring marshy sour land and it was also used in building houses, for making mortar. Cement was unknown in those days. Then all the houses and walls around the farm were lime-washed at regular intervals, usually two or three times a year.
    Fishing for pike in Mannin lake affords much amusement in Winter time even at the present day. The bottom of the lake is composed of white marl, and when the water is frozen in wintertime, the pike may easily be seen swimming under the ice. After about a week's frost
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Agnes Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Island, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Island, Co. Mayo